Events...

Here are our bookclub meeting dates for 2010:

Contemporary Fiction - 3rd Tuesdays: 2/16, 2/16, 4/20, 5/18, 6/15, 7/20, 8/17, 9/21, 10/19, 11/16, 12/21
Good Living Cookbook Club - 2nd Tuesdays: 2/9, 3/9, 4/13, 5/11, 6/8, 7/13, 8/10, 9/14
10/12, 11/9, 12/14
Spirituality Book Discussion Group - 1st Thursdays: 2/4, 3/4, 4/8 (note date change), 5/6

For more details, click on our Book Clubs link.

Saturday,August 7,2010
Author Tea Retreat at Historic Linden Hill
featuring Julie Kramer, author of
Stalking Susan, Missing Mark and
her 2010 release (June 22, 2010), Silencing Sam.

Saturday,September 11,2010
Annual Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair Book Signing at Bookin' It
with featured guest: Children's Book Author and Illustrator,
NANCY CARLSON

Nancy Carlson is the author of dozens of books, many featuring Henry the Mouse. Her books are highly regarded by educators and we have worked for many years to arrange an event with her here at Bookin' It.

Book Signing with Author/Illustrator Greg Budig
check back for dates in September or November

Greg Budig does for Winter what he did for Fall in I Hear the Wind. In his words and illustrations, he leads the reader through woods, fields and snow-covered streets to the tempo of a world made white. While written for children, this winter walk will captivate people of all ages.

Author Event Follow-up Notes:

Annual Little Falls Arts & Crafts Fair Book Signing A Success! On Saturday, September 12, author Brian Duren signed nearly a case of his debut novel, Whiteout.

Jess Lourey was featured on the August 28th Reading Minnesota Blog at http://readingminnesota.blogspot.com

Children's book author Matt Goldman who was scheduled to join us for the 2009 Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair Book Signing was unable to attend becuase he was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work as a producer on the Disney Channel's The Wizards of Waverly Place and the award ceremony for his category was during the afternoon on Saturday September 12th. We've now learned that he WON!

Although Matt Goldman was not able to be with us as scheduled, he did stop by an supply us with handful of signed copies of Dingeltrot and also some of the biggest promotional bookmarks on the planet! Available with purchase while supplies last.

William Meissner's SPIRITS IN THE GRASS won the Midwest Book Award last spring (for the fiction novel category)--a 12 state award sponsored by the Midwest Independent Publishers Assn. Meissner was one of our visiting authors for the 2008 Arts and Crafts Fair Book signing.

Thomas Maltman who visited Bookin' It this past holiday season was just awarded the ALA Alex Award 2008 for his book The Night Birds. The American Library Association’s (ALA) Alex Awards are given to ten adult books with specific teen appeal. The Night Birds is now available in trade paperback.

The Night Birds by Thomas Maltman was among St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Best Books of 2007; Rocky Mountain News lists Maltman as the Best First Time Novelist of 2007.

“Maltman weaves this gripping story around real events that resulted in the mass execution of 38 Dakota Indians in 1862.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“A remarkably poignant narrative in time, an elegant portrayal of a period little known in American history.”—Rocky Mountain News

Jess Lourey who signed her Murder-By-Month Mystery series books at Bookin' It during the 2007 Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair reported in to us on her most recent award. Lourey's Knee High by the Fourth of July was nominated for a Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery of 2007.

Minnesota Mystery Writer Monica Ferris at Linden Hill for the first 2008 Author Tea Retreat. Over 40 guests attended the four course Tea.

Monica's Needlework Mysteries:

Crewel World
Framed In Lace
A Stitch In Time
Unraveled Sleeve
A Murderous Yarn
Hanging by a Thread
Cutwork
Crewel Yule
Embroidered Truths
Sins and Needles
Knitting Bones
Thai Die

Free Needlework Pattern
included in each book.